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I went to my first appointment at Howard Brown yesterday after work. Just a regular checkup and screening kind of thing. My previous primary care physician is in Kenosha, so it made sense to find a new place in Chicago. Howard Brown seems like a really great place that's doing a lot for the community it serves (from what I've read about them at least) and I'd like to support that. I also felt more comfortable there explaining details of my personal life than other doctors I've been to, which is a very good thing, I think, when it comes to getting medical services.

Anyway, my blood pressure is still high, just like the last couple times it's been measured. I'm going to have to really actively do something about it I suppose. The doctor said that it's not quite high enough to merit treatment, but I should probably address it.

So, I'm going to try again, hopefully more successfully, to be conscious of what I'm eating and to get more exercise. I like walking around and taking pictures and an excuse to do more of that is welcome. Especially while working at home, it'll be nice to go out and walk for an hour or so on my lunch breaks.

We also talked about the possibility of physical therapy for my left wrist since it gets sore and/or weak from time to time. I hadn't really considered that as a possibility before (I suppose I just thought I'd have to live with it) and I think it's great that they brought it up there.

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The wind and rain were pretty impressive this morning, and it sounds like I missed the worst of it while I was asleep. My hat blew off my head this morning and landed in the standing water in the gutter so it's drying in front of a fan here at work. I do wish I could find my nice coat; that's going to come in very handy soon.

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My parents and brothers are all coming down Wednesday after work it sounds like. Should be lots of fun to explore the city with them all!

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Meh. I was going to write some more, but I'm kind of out of steam. I'm just still feeling a little bit anxious and sad about not being able to find some of my stuff. I have a feeling it will turn up. Most times it does, even if, like my keys, it takes four years....

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I have a computer from a remote employee with some crapware on it called System Defragmenter. One of those damned fake system tools that keeps popping up error messages and telling you to buy it so it can 'fix' your system.

I'm so pissed off at this thing. I don't want to have to keep the computer here another day, and even if I do, I don't know what anyone else could do except for rebuild it with a fresh install of Windows. I feel like I've wasted my entire day on it and gotten nowhere. I've done rkill, malware bytes, Symantec, and even looked at manually tweaking the registry. It won't go away. Damn it. I am so tired of dealing with this stuff.

I have a feeling that, come the middle of January, my blood pressue is going to go down on it's own. I try really hard not to let work get to me, but sometimes I just feel so much stress. Maybe I need to find better coping mechanisms that I can do at work.